Arabian Lentil and Rice Soup from AFR. I've made it before, but this time it was SOOOO good. It was nice last time, but this time my soup-hating partner actually said "this is really good!" He never mentions how good something is. Ever. Success!

_________________when you realise how perfect everything is, you will tilt you head back and laugh at the sky. -buddha

My partner wanted to experiment with bread making today and wanted to riff off of a hummus sandwich a well-known bar makes. Ours had the homemade pita bread, arugula, watercress, avocado, English cucumber, and the shabby sheikh hummus from AFR, topped with a jalapeno-lime vinaigrette recipe my partner found on the intarwebz.

He threw the whole jalapenos into the blender (2!), seeds and all, so it was quite spicy!

Apricot baked apples from Supermarket Vegan are in the oven now. I'm looking forward to them. There are a lot of fruit-based recipes in that book that seem like they'd be nice when you have a sweet tooth, but want to keep things reasonably healthy.

Curried tofu pot pie. Not bad! Would've been better if I could eat veggies that weren't mush, and asparagus turned out to be a bad choice of veggie to put in, but I will still love the leftovers. Instead of crust I made a massive biscuit and plopped that on top.

We had a big barbecue lunch, so I'm eating the leftover salad that we brought home for dinner. But it's the mango coconut rice salad from Plenty, which I love, so I'm pretty pleased about it (especially in this gross hot weather). I'm also defrosting some apple cake from the freezer for dessert.

I have a ball of dough left, so for tomorrow I'm thinking a pizza with black beans, pineapple, bbq sauce, avocado and caramelized onion + cheeses. Maybe I'll throw on some pepperoni on that one too, because it was so good.

I've been on a clean-out-the-fridge mission and made what ended up being a late night dinner of jasmine rice, slowly baked tempeh marinated in white wine, garlic, vegetable broth, soy sauce, thyme, maple syrup and apple cider vinegar, sesame sautéed bok choi and baked sweet potato which was such a nice addition since I so rarely buy it.

I've been on a clean-out-the-fridge mission and made what ended up being a late night dinner of jasmine rice, slowly baked tempeh marinated in white wine, garlic, vegetable broth, soy sauce, thyme, maple syrup and apple cider vinegar, sesame sautéed bok choi and baked sweet potato which was such a nice addition since I so rarely buy it.

Um, YUM!

I made morel mushroom coconut risotto with lime, kale, scallions and chilis. SO delicious. jdfunks would have approved.

I'm planning on using up the end of a pack of fried tofu to make some curried udon noodles, plus some kale, napa cabbage, carrots and maybe the remaining sweet potato. I'm sorry vijita, I forgot the mushrooms! <3

My stomach is feeling weird so I had a Vega, soy yogurt, soy milk, and blueberry smoothie; and a couple of pappadums. Which sounds super lame but I'm glad I ate something nutritious (the smoothie) instead of just crepe like I usually do when I'm not feeling well.